Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 2 storm

Опубликовано: 04 Октябрь 2024
на канале: WKYC Channel 3

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Hurricane Francine strengthened Wednesday into a Category 2 storm and is expected to make landfall in Louisiana as forecasters raised threats of potentially deadly storm surge, widespread flooding and destructive winds on the northern U.S. Gulf coast.

Francine is drawing fuel from exceedingly warm Gulf of Mexico waters. The storm is forecast to crash into a fragile coastal region that still hasn’t fully recovered from a series of devastating hurricanes in 2020 and 2021.

Landfall is forecast for Wednesday afternoon or evening.

A hurricane warning was in effect along the Louisiana coast from Cameron eastward to Grand Isle, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of New Orleans, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A storm surge warning stretched from the Mississippi-Alabama border to the Alabama-Florida border. Such a warning means there’s a chance of life-threatening flooding.

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